Orchids Handbook: A Practical Guide to the Care and Cultivation to 35 Orchid Species and Types - Softcover

Michael Tibbs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620083051 ISBN 13: 9781620083055

Publisher: Companionhouse Books, 2018

Synopsis

Everything you always wanted to know about growing and caring for orchids, with practical advice on care and cultivation, plus a comprehensive plant directory of 35 popular varieties. The fascinating world of growing orchids has never been more popular. Here is everything you always wanted to know about growing and caring for orchids, packed into one fascinating, easy-to-use volume. Orchids Handbook provides the beginner with common sense advice on getting started with orchids, understanding the basics of orchid biology, caring for orchids in variety of settings (for example in the house, under a shade cloth or in the greenhouse) and mastering techniques for repotting, dividing and growing from seed. Includes a comprehensive and well-illustrated plant directory of 35 popular varieties, covering all the major orchid families and their characteristics, with advice on choosing the plant that is right for your climate conditions plus pests and diseases as well as everything you need to know to enter your orchids in competition.

About this title

About the Author

Michael Tibbs is a distinguished orchid grower and breeder, and the author of several important books on orchids. He lectures widely and is an accredited judge in South Africa and a senior judge with the American Orchid Society. His nursery is in Franschhoek, South Africa, where he specializes in Disa Orchids.

Edition details

• Publisher: Companionhouse Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1620083051
• ISBN 13: 9781620083055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176